[news] Canadian welfare policy assailed

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Norma Greenaway | Vancouver Sun | June 8, 2005 Report says many families are worse off now than they were five years ago Ottawa -- Many families on welfare were worse off in 2004 than they were in 1998 when the federal Liberal government introduced the National Child Benefit, a program it repeatedly lauds as a major weapon in the battle against poverty, according to a new report. The report, released Tuesday by the National Council of Welfare, is a harsh assessment of welfare policy over the last 15 years. Declaring the system an "utter disaster," it said the vast majority of benefits peaked years ago and welfare incomes in many provinces and territories reached modern-day lows last year.

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